met with greater success than the original production. It opened on January 3, 1952, and closed on April 18, 1953, after 540 performances. Lang and Segal starred, with Helen Gallagher as Gladys (for which Ms. Gallagher won the Tony Award for best featured actress that year), future Broadway star Elaine Stritch as Melba, Jack Waldron as Mike Spears, and Bob Fosse as the understudy for Joey. Dances and musical numbers were again staged by Robert Alton, and the production was directed by David Alexander. This production had the longest run of any revival of a musical in the history of the Broadway theatre at the time. It won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical and became the first musical ever to receive eleven Donaldson Awards. Elaine Stritch was signed as an understudy to Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam at the time; she describes the difficulties of holding both jobs after the previews unexpectedly moved to New Haven in a monologue framed by "Zip" in her one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty. London There have been two productions in London's West End. The first was in March 1954 at the Princes Theatre, starring Harold Lang, Carol Bruce and Sally Bazely. The second was at the Noël Coward Theatre, from September 1980 until September 1981, starring Siân Phillips, Danielle Carson, and Denis Lawson. 1963 City Center revival Mounted at New York City Center, the production starred Bob Fosse as Joey Evans, Viveca Lindfors as Vera Simpson, Rita Gardner as Linda English, Elaine Dunn as Gladys Bumps, Kay Medford as Melba Snyder, and Jack Durant as Ludlow Lowell. While only running for 15 performances from May 29, 1963 - Jun 09, 1963, Fosse was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance. The production was directed by Gus Schirmer Jr., used sets by Howard Bay, and costumes by Frank Thompson. 1976 Broadway revival In 1976, a revival on Broadway opened on June 27, 1976, at the Circle in the Square Theatre and closed on August 29, 1976. The show was directed by Theodore Mann; choreography by Margo Sappington; musical direction/additional dance arrangements by Scott Oakley; scenery John J. Moore; costumes Arthur Boccia; lighting Ron Wallace; principal orchestrator Michael Gibson; production stage manager Randall Brooks; stage manager James Bernardi; and press by Merle Debusky and Susan L. Shulman. The opening-night cast featured Christopher Chadman (Joey); Harold Gary (Mike); Terri